Text by Marke B., photos by David Schnur
Some thousands of amped-up queers hit the streets last Saturday for the huge No on 8 “Join the Impact” rally in the Civic Center, and subsequent march up Market Street. “Join the Impact” — started by a lowly viral email from one friend to another in Seattle — fabulously grew to encompass hundreds more cities, and brought out the crem de la creme of queer intelligentsia. Several speakers highlighted the diversity of the movement, including the controversial Rev. Amos Brown, who brought the crowd to tears and chills with an incredibly stirring call to solidarity between the gay and African American communities — and Carole Migden who, in a slightly insane rant, called for California to be split in two, one part for queers and the other for bigots. I think she was joking, but who the hell knows? Anyway, it was a beautiful day. The next “Join the Impact” action will be Wednesday, December 10’s “Day Without a Gay” — call in “gay” to work to show the world the biggest bad hair day EVER.
Also, there were lots of hot boys there. You really need to go to the next rally if you missed this one. Total radical yummy. Another also: I know we’re angry, and I’m the last one to say chill out when christianist freaks come into the neighborhood, but the alleged violence in the Castro this weekend, if it happened (I wasn’t there), isn’t very helpful.
